Accidental millionaire Leo Gao ‘dreamt of getting rich quick’

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A New Zealand man who fled with his girlfriend after receiving millions of dollars in a banking error is described by friends as an unsuccessful businessman whose main aim was to get rich quick.

An international search is underway for Leo Gao, a Korean national, and his girlfriend Cara Young, a New Zealander, who disappeared two weeks ago after finding their bank account had mistakenly been credited with $NZ10 million (£4 million)..

It is understood the couple, who ran a failing service station in Rotorua, on North Island, had applied to Westpac Bank for a $NZ100,000 loan but were given